lord, what a shocking moment there from turkey. good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. the death toll continues to rise after this catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck near the border of turkey and syria. more than 1,800 people are now reported dead, but there are concerns that that number could ultimately reach into the tens of thousands. at this hour desperate rescue operations underway. crews searching for survivors who may be trapped under piles of rubble. here you see this is the moment that a child you see in the arms there of that rescue worker, a child was pulled from debris this was in northwest syria, a region which of course already heavily impacted after years of a bloody civil war. in each city, in each village, across northwest sudan there are people under rubble. the number of trapped people under the rubble, it s countless up to now. we don t have exact number. countless. multiple powerful after shocks have al
quote, it felt like armageddon. the lead starts right now. a new baby, one of the thousands of innocent people killed earlier today in that catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked turkey and syria. the scramble to reach the people buried alive beneath crumbles buildings. then, we re learning more about china s suspected spy balloon shot down over the united states, including the concern that it may have had explosives onboard. plus, arrests in a neo-nazi plot to completely destroy an american city by targeting electrical substations. the details coming up on the wild conspiracy. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead. the frantic search for survivors after the devastating earthquake that so far has killed more than 3,400 people. a number that tragically continues to grow, seemingly every hour. the earthquake striking turkey and syria earlier this morning. powerful aftershocks complicating the rescue efforts, making things
This mornings hearing. Alex . Reporter erika, Linda Ann Weston has now entered guilty flea all 196 counts against her, in doing society federal government has promised not to seek the death penalty, instead, they have recommended life in prison plus 80 years. Now, dow want to say one of the interesting parts about this hearing this morning, is that most of it was spent with the judge trying to determine if miss weston understood what was going on here today and what she has entered this plea for. It was revealed that miss weston only holds a fourth graduate action, she was very soft spoken, almost child like, tough to except when you remember the charges against her in the 2011 case. Weston pleading guilty to kidnapping ten people include being six children, that were then held without their will with other, so that they could take Social Security disability checks, that were coming to them, several were mentally handicapped. Several others, also, sold as prostitutes, according to inve
Airport, snow coming down there also wet runways tell the story there now. Good news, no significant problems reported and certainly no delays here. Action News Reporter Annie Mccormick is live in east call intownship where they have seen more than a few snowflakes tonight. First, we begin with meteorologist cecily tynan she has details at the big board. Ces. Shirleen, brian, typically we see first snowfall of the season early december. Were running a few weeks ahead of schedule. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing white, snow, you can see how the shade of gray across the northwest suburbs is the area showing snow falling 4 00 this afternoon. Its lighter now with drier air working in. The heaviest bands of snow are across south jersey. Especially Burlington County now. You can see the shade of purple. Thats steadier snow between route 7 0rbgs i 195 and new jersey turnpike. Georgetown, wrightstown, brownsmill, dealing with steady snow moving through philadelphia. South of philadelp
Different matter. And this is the way it looked hospital in downing town pedestrian taking winter stroll and fans braving elements to cheer at powder puff football game. The big story on action news is first flakes of season an after last winter is this much too soon . Action News Reporter Annie Mccormick is staked out on east caln, chester county, first lets go to meteorologist cecily tynan. She has double scan radar and latest information from kack awe either. Jim the afternoon first snow of season isember were running a couple weeks ahead of schedule. Snow showers reached the coast. You can see its breaking up especially norm and west of philadelphia. We still have one band of steadier snow across route 70 Burlington County new jersey than is slivrpinging in coverage. Drier air is moving in behind this cold front. So things will be clearing out. Once that happens, temperatures will be dropping. Right now most viewing area above freezing philadelphia, 37 millville, 37 and winds out o